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Some trivia - PLATO influenced Greenberg and Woodhead who went on to write Wizardry - which went on in turn to influence Sakaguchi who created Final Fantasy.
by nevster 9y ago
Some trivia - PLATO influenced Greenberg and Woodhead who went on to write Wizardry - which went on in turn to influence Sakaguchi who created Final Fantasy.
- zerocrates 9y agoAs usual on topics touching on the early days of computer gaming, Jimmy Maher has great posts on the subject on his Digital Antiquarian site: http://www.filfre.net/2011/08/the-first-crpgs/ http://www.filfre.net/2011/08/the-first-crpgs/ http://www.filfre.net/2012/03/the-roots-of-sir-tech/ http://www.filfre.net/2012/03/the-roots-of-sir-tech/ http://www.filfre.net/2012/03/making-wizardry/ http://www.filfre.net/2012/03/making-wizardry/ http://www.filfre.net/2012/03/playing-wizardry/ http://www.filfre.net/2012/03/playing-wizardry/
- DerekL 9y agoMahjong solitaire also started on PLATO: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahjong_solitaire#Computer_game_history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahjong_solitaire#Computer_gam...
- brianstorms 9y agoI devote an entire chapter to the origins of Mah-jongg on PLATO and how it became Shanghai on Mac and PC
- felixgallo 9y agoPLATO was also the place where Notes first took off, which was a predecessor to USENET, which is the predecessor to the WWW.